A/N: WoOt! I dedicate this sequel to Winterblazewolf! Thanks for your unending support! ...enjoy!xD
DISCLAIMER: Wings of Ice shall be making numerous references to Dante Alighieri's Inferno. Having some background knowledge of the text would be extremely helpful. The JMP does not claim, and hence cannot be sued.
Wings of Ice
Chapter One
The archangel Oliver gazed dispassionately out of the non-existent window of his Room in the Office. He was in no mood to attend to his responsibilities. The air seemed to be laced with some anxiety...or mysterious excitement.
Quite suddenly, Peter burst in, snapping the boy out of his reverie.
"Oliver! Oliver!" panted the holy man. "Make haste and follow me! I have something to show you!"
"P...peter? Why aren't you at your post?"
The curly-haired brunette made an impatient gesture. "Never you mind! I've asked John to cover for me for a while. Now come!"
At that moment, Oliver's best friend, Johnny, also came in the Room.
"Oliver! Oliver!" said he. "I have something to show you!"
"Ah!" exclaimed Peter, turning to the redhead. "So, you have heard too?"
"Yes!" the seraph replied gleefully. "I've rounded up everybody!"
The greenette became confused. "...what is going on?"
"Just come with us!" Johnny and Peter pleaded in unison before dragging the archangel out the Office without hearing a reply.
Robert, Kai, Rei and John greeted them by the Pearly Gates with disturbingly large smiles.
"What are we doing?" Oliver asked as they just stood right inside the Gates in a neat row like a welcoming committee.
"It's that time of the year again," said the purple-haired man among them.
"We're welcoming new examinees," added the bluenette.
"They've passed Purgatory and service as angels," included John.
The green-haired boy nodded. "Okay. So, I've got the re-run of the drill. What's new?"
"You'll see..." said his best friend and the gold Gates opened wide.
Thousands of angels filed in. Some had looks of nervousness, others of wonder, others of fear and many of happy anticipation.
All of their wings were encased in various forms. Others were wrapped in thorns, flames, howling winds...anything than prevented flight till they passed their exams.
Rei was bouncing up and down, craning his neck as if in search for someone. Soon enough, he gasped and pointed (not that pointing helped very much).
"He's here! He's here!"
Who it was he had spotted, the archangel did not know. A while later, though, he found out that the seraphs' and holy men's attentions were locked on a lone, incoming angel with a pensive stride and a thoughtful demeanor. His summer blue eyes had a faraway look and the eternal sun splashed its rays on his cornflower hair.
His enormous wings were encased in thick, clear, surely heavy ice.
This angels' entrance was greeted with silence, broken by a loud intake of breath from the greenette which consequently caught the blonde's attention.
"Enrique?!"
"Oliver?
TBC
A/N: Aiiiieeee! Watch out for the next chapter!...which will be in a long time. I hope not, xP ...enjoy!xD and ciAo...